Duluth middle school assistant principal dies

Then-Duluth Central High School assistant principal Vance Hopkins (right) looks on in March 2009 as students from Denfeld and Central place items in a time capsule at Central. The time capsule was to be opened in 2012 when the students graduate from combined high schools. (News Tribune file)A Duluth public schools administrator has died.

Students at Denfeld were informed of Hopkins’ death on Thursday morning.

Hopkins served in numerous capacities with Duluth schools, including co-assistant principal at Central High School in its final year. Central students transferred to Denfeld and Duluth East after Central closed.